[Fot] Spitfire Misfire

[Vince G]

Have you checked the connectors and wiring to the coil / POS & Ground leads  a
loose spade/poor crimp/fractured wire ....

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On 2012-07-22, at 3:26 PM, robertten1 at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> With 2 complete different ignition systems swapped in and out with the same
> exact results ?? Thats distributors, wires and coils.  Caps and rotors do
> check out ok.  I'm also going to try different plugs though I did swap the
> current plugs around with no difference.
>
> The puzzle continues,
> Bob T
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Mitchell <dmitchel at sbcglobal.net>
> To: robertten1 <robertten1 at aol.com>
> Cc: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 22, 2012 7:59 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Spitfire Misfire
>
>
> Bob,
>
> Checking valves is a good idea. Is the distributor cap new? I'd check it
out
> with another one. I had a bad one out of the box a couple of years ago.
> Swapped
> the old one back in and cleared up the problem. The quality on some stink.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Doug Mitchell
> dmitchel at sbcglobal.net
>
> Sent from my ASUS Pad
>
> robertten1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Well I have completed the tests and found the following :
>>
>> Leak Down -  #1   -5%:  #2  -10%:   #3  -10%    #4  -12%
>>
>> Compression -   180   /   180   /   180   /  168
>>
>>
>> I thinking of checking the valve clearances again especially for #4.
>>
>>
>> Any further thoughts,
>> Bob T
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